Thunderbird 800MHZ Cpu temperatures? Post your system's Temp

[Seizure]

I just want to know what kinds of temperature people are getting for the Thunderbird 800 mhz, not overclocked. Post your specs and temps

Mine:

T-Bird 800mhz
Alpha PAl 6035 with regular white silicone grease
Sunon 80MM Case Fan
Super Slot Cooler

My system goes at about 40 C/114F idle and reaches almost 54 C/130 F when I'm doing heavy gaming. I'm reading that AMD thunderbird 800mhz should be at around 35C/90F normal. What numbers are you guys getting?

 

[Mem]

My T-bird 900 goes between 40c - 46c(46c for heavy gaming)anyway using nothing special just two 80mm Sunon fans & standard Taisol heatsink/fan.

 

[CowboyBebop]

I'm getting very concerned here, I ordered
Abit KT7 Raid
AMD Tbird 800MHZ Retail
Sound Blaster live X-gamer 5.1
Radeon 32mb DDR
Crucial 128 mb PC133
Enlight 7237 Case 300W

I plan on trying to setup up raid(2 maxtor 30 gig ata 100) and still use IDE(1 WD 9 gig dma 66/Maxtor 20 gig dma 66)if possible. Is this going to create a heat issue with all of those drives?? Is it possible to use artic silver on a retail chip (fan and heatsink attached.)
Maybe I should ditch the Western Digital ?? Also will I have a power issue seeing how the athlon uses so much power??

Any advice will be appreciated Thanks!!

 

[vinson]

I was comming here to make this exact post. I just got my T-Bird 800 and Asus A7V running last night. I installed the Asus temperature monitoring software (my board version has the probe built in, i.e. no external thermister needed) and after running for around 2 hours my CPU temp registered as 53C/127F!!! This scared the crap out of me as you might expect. I ordered the biggest heat sink and fan I could find this morning.

 

[Seizure]

Vinson. I have the Asus A7V also, and I have one of the better if not best heatsink on the market, the Alpha Pal6035 and Mine still reaches around 127 F. I keep hearing from places that T-birds are suppose to be 100 F on average

 

[Rendus]

Well, my T-Bird 900 with my GlobalWin FOP38 (with the 7500RPM fan/vaccuum cleaner) with a thin coating of PC Power & Cooling silicon heatsink compound idles at 29 or so C +/- 2, and the highest I've ever seen it is around 46 (but this is in a rather cold room, I'm showing 22 degrees case temp). With my CoolerMaster heatsink I had on it before I got the FOP38 (which was about 4 hours), it got into the mid 50s or so sitting in BIOS.

 

[Vader2K]

I guess I'm pretty lucky then because my t-bird 800@800 runs at 89F +/-2F (31.6C) while doing SETI. Even when overclocked it runs pretty cool. I'm currently running at 920(115x8), and while doing SETI my temp is around 95F +/- 1 (35C). It has never reached over 97F. I'm not doing anything special. As a matter of fact, my 2 case fans are just some no-name 80mm BB case fans. My HS/F is a FOP32, so it's not even one of the big ones. Here's what I have:

T-bird 800@920(115x8)
ABIT KT7-RAID
128meg PC133 CAS2
IBM GXP75 15.1gig ATA100
IBM Deskstar 3 3.2gig
Plextor 12/10/32 CDR/W
Pioneer 16X DVD
SoundBlaster AWE 32
Diamond Viper330
InWin Q500N w/ Antec 300w PS
GlobalWin FOP32


--Vader2k

 

[Mikewarrior2]

Vader2k and others,

Comparing Socket A mb temps does not work. Thermistor placement, bios revision, and tons of other variables throw off accurate comparisons.

For example, VAder2k's temps are not possible unless his ambient air temp is around 40F.

Another example, Later/Newer Abit/Asus Bios' auto-compensate the temperature up in an effort to create more accurate readings despite using a thermistor.

Again, the only way t-birds are to run at 100F are if you are a)using a peltier/water cooling setup, or b) your ambient is around 40F-50F.

There is no way around this. T-bird's at stock voltage create around 40W of heat. Even a FOP38 will only dissappate at a rate of .4c/w(under perfect conditions), in which case your cpu is running at least 50F(more if overclocked with increased voltage) over ambient. Hence the requirement for 50F ambient.

My advice is to not compare to SocketA mb temp numbers. NOt unless every single variable can be eliminated(which it can't, since some people still run the older bios', the thermistor isn't in the same spot on every mb, etc. If the cpu runs fine for you, i wouldn't worry about it. In fact, if you are using a newer bios, i wouldn't worry about any temps unless they are being reported over 55C.

Another thing, i have been reading that people believe that the new bios' are making their cpu's run hotter. This isn't the case. Abit/Asus(and other's) have planned this.


Mike

 

[Bignate603]

Very true, i almost hit the roof when i saw my bios reporting a temp over 50, i thought they were usually lower than normal but i guess what you said makes sense. I got an Asus A7 and i run a little over 50 c now for average gaming.

 

[mirrorlake]

I use FOP32's heatsink with a FOP38 fan(7000 rpm around), n o/c, after playing 2 hours' 2D game, CPU temperature (T-bird 700) is around 40. if i use fop32's fan, it will be 44 around.

 

[Seizure]

Yea, I've noticed a lot of people get average CPU temps of 45-50C on Asus A7V, while people with the ABIT mobo's have lower temps. I think the Asus MoBo over exaggerates their temps.

 

[Mikewarrior2]

Asus is not overexaggerating, They are auto-compensating for thermistor inaccuracies.

You will see the same effect/temps with a kt7 running a newer bios.

For most oc'd t-birds, a temp of 45-50C is correct considering that most people's ambient case temps are 20-25C.

Mike

 

[AMB]

My 900 is around 35-40c

 

[travisio]

AMB is that idle or full blown gaming?

 

[abracadabra1]

my duron@980 does 41C at full load after 12 hours of testing.

 

[MortaniuS]

my 800@954 runs at 29c cpu and 23c case temp, when under full loaded it jumps to 41c cpu and 25c case temp

 

[AMB]

travisio, that is idle up to web-browsing etc. and maybe some games

 

[merlocka]

My Tbird 800 @ 950 @ 1.75 with Alpha runs at 52C heavy load.

 

[SamWoo]

T-bird 800
Retail HSF with Chomerics phase change material
2 Antec case fans
CPU idle: 30-35C
heavy: <45C
Case: <27C

 

[Flats]

new tbird 900
kt7 raid
2 maxtor 30 running ultra 100
2 case fans antec
antec sx1030
128 crucial
temp 98f in florida!!!!
i think the case really helps

 

[Seizure]

I guess it really is my generic case that's keeping my CPU hot.

 

[SamWoo]

antec rules!

 

[KouklatheCat]

I have a 700 Mhz T-Bird on an A7V Board. I have an el-generico heatsink and fan. One 80mm fan in the front of my case sucking air in. My CPU (According to ASUS Probe 2)runs about 69C/156F. My motherboard runs at 34C/93F. I have ordered a better heatsink and fan, I await its arrival. My computer works fine at these temperatures.

 

[zerogear]

Abit KT7-RAID
AMD 1GHz w/ Alpha PAL6035/Sunon 60mm using Arctic Silver
Case has 5 Fans (Addtronics 6890A)

Idle: 27C
After 3D Games: 34C
Case Temp: 20C
After 3D Games: 25C

 

[MortaniuS]

With my Hedgehog my 800@954 hits 26c idle 35c full load at a 22c ambient